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STEDT #2401

*s/g-lyap

SLICE / PARE / CUT OFF
Proto-Tibeto-Burman

Reconstruction analysis

handlelepinitiallrhymeep=(s-)lcoverL · VLTS

Intermediate reconstructions

Kuki-Chin*hlip ⪤ *hlep ‘CUT (flesh) / SKIN (v.)’PKC #1105
Central Naga (Ao Group)*ləp ‘CUT (v.)’PCN #157

Connections

HPTB*s-lep ‘slice / pare off’p. 376
HPTB*lep ⪤ *lyap ‘thin / flat / flat object’pp. 51, 339, 377

Notes

This etymon was reconstructed as lep in STC #351.

The velar prefix is attested in Bodo, Thulung, and Jingpho.

Reflexes & cognates35 reflexes · 14 subgroups

0.1Tibeto-Burman (previously published reconstructions)2

*Tibeto-Burmanlep ‘slice / pare / cut off’Benedict 72 STC: 351
*Tibeto-Burmans-lep ‘slice / pare off’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 599

1.1.2Deng1

Darang [Taraon]le-ka:morpheme ‘slice’Anonymous xx Tar

1.2Kuki-Chin1

*Chinhlip ⪤ hlep ‘CUT (flesh) / SKIN (v.)’VanBik 09 PKC: 1105

1.2.1.1Northern Chin1

Thadolìp-INV ‘skin (animal), cut out the skin’VanBik 09 PKC: 1105

1.2.2Central Chin4

Lai (Hakha)hlep-I, hleʔ-II ‘cut off, cut out the flesh or skin’VanBik 09 PKC: 1105
Lai (Falam)hlèp-I, hlêʔ-II ‘cut off, cut out the flesh or skin’VanBik 09 PKC: 1105
Lushai [Mizo]hlep ‘slice, pare, cut off’Benedict 72 STC: 351
Lushai [Mizo]hlèp-I, hlèh-II v‘cut off (generally by catching hold of with one hand and cutting off with the other), to cut off a piece of meat and give it to anyone’VanBik 09 PKC: 1105

1.3.1Central Naga (Ao Group)10

*Aoaprefix-ləp v.‘CUT’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.362
Ao (Chungli)a³prefix-ləp¹ v.‘cut’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.362
Ao (Chungli)aprefix◦lep v‘cut (with knife)’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Chungli)ləp³taŋ¹morpheme v.‘sever, cut off’Bruhn 14 PCN: II.045
Ao (Mongsen: Longchang)lep◦laksuffix v‘cut (with knife)’Marrison 67 Naga
Ao (Mongsen: Mangmetong)lə̀p v.‘cut, cut off’Coupe 07 Ao
Yimchungrülip◦khimorpheme v.‘cut’Kumar 73 Yim: 33

1.3.4Tangkhulic1

1.7.1.1Bodo9

Bododəb ‘piece / slice’Bhat 68 Boro
Bodokələb ‘slice’Bhat 68 Boro
Bodoléb v‘cut off with one stroke’Bhat 68 Boro
Bodolep◦imorpheme v‘cut by rubbing; sow’Bhat 68 Boro
Bodopermorpheme◦leb ‘slice’Bhat 68 Boro
Bodopəlmorpheme◦lab ‘slice’Bhat 68 Boro
Bodoreb v‘cut by rubbing’Bhat 68 Boro
Bodorep◦imorpheme ‘cut by rubbing’Bhat 68 Boro
Dimasalep ‘slice, pare, cut off’Benedict 72 STC: 351

1.7.1.2Garo1

Garorep ‘slice, pare, cut off’Benedict 72 STC: 351

1.7.3.1Jingpho2

Jingphogəmorpheme◦lèp ‘slice / pare off’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 376
Jingpholèp ‘slice, pare, cut off’Benedict 72 STC: 351

2.1.3Lepcha1

Lepchalip v.‘slice, cut in slices’Benedict 72 STC: 351

2.3.1Eastern Kiranti5

Athpare (Rai)rub-uemorpheme ‘cut (with knife)’Ebert 97 Athpare
Athpare (Rai)rup- ‘cut (with knife)’Ebert 97 Athpare
Athpare (Rai)rup◦mamorpheme ‘cut (with knife)’Ebert 97 Athpare
LimbulEːp- ‘trim with an adze <cut>’Michailovsky 89 Lm
Limbulɛːp-umorpheme ‘slice, saw’Matisoff 03 HPTB: 376

2.3.4Western Kiranti1

Thulungkhlep- ‘<cut> to peel, to shave off (thin slice)’Allen 75

2.4Kham-Magar-Chepang1

Chepangwələʔ- vt.‘slice (thicker)’Caughley 00 Chepang

Cite this entry

STEDT etymon #2401, *s/g-lyap ‘SLICE / PARE / CUT OFF’.
Stable link: https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2401
Data: STEDT v1.0 (2017). Accessed: [date].
References: STC#351
BibTeX
@misc{stedt-2401,
  title  = {{*s/g-lyap 'SLICE / PARE / CUT OFF'}},
  author = {STEDT},
  year   = {2017},
  note   = {Sino-Tibetan Etymological Dictionary and Thesaurus (STEDT) v1.0, etymon #2401},
  url    = {https://larc-iu.github.io/stedt/etymon/2401}
}